The Earliest Arithmetics in English
by Robert Steele
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About this eBook
- Contributor
- Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230
- Credits
- Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QA: Science: Mathematics
- Subject
- Algorithms
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 25664
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25664
- Release Date
- June 1, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents (added by transcriber) — The Earliest Arithmetics in English
- 2.ROBERT STEELE
- 3.AMEN CORNER, E.C. 4. 1922. — INTRODUCTION — The Subject Matter. — The Pre-Medieval Instruments Used in Calculation. — Classical Roman Methods of Calculation. — The Boethian Abacus. — The Abacists. — The Algorists. — Modern Arithmetic. — Digital Arithmetic. — The Use of “Arabic” Figures. — The Counting Board. — * ¶ The seconde dialoge of accomptynge by counters. — APPENDIX I. — APPENDIX II. — INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS 1 — GLOSSARY — MARGINAL NOTES
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